SMU's first Professional Doctorate Programme was launched in 2012 and we had our first graduate in 2015.
You can view details of SMU's Professional Doctorate graduates.
Pingan LUO
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Dissertation
Study on visibility promotion for regional high-end hotels based on the value co-creation theory
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hannah Hanwen CHANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Yang LI, Marketing, CKGSB
Qian ZENG
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Dissertation
Using nudge to drive WeChat Mini Program traffic: Evidence from randomized field experiment
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Zhiling GUO (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Linyi LI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jifeng LUO, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Qiwen YU Tongji University, Research Fellow, China
SMU PhD in Business, 2023
Research Interests
Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Governance, and Strategic Leadership
Dissertation
Essays on corporate social (ir)responsiblity, alliance formation and stock market reaction
Committee MembersProfessor Heli WANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Ilya CUYPERS, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Daniel MACK, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Jun XIA, Organizations, Strategy and International Management, School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas
Ruijie ZHANG ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China, from September 2023
SMU PhD in Business, 2023
Research Interests
Behavioral Operations Management, Healthcare Operations, and Last-mile Operations.
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Yun Fong LIM (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Zhichao Daniel ZHENG, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Xin FANG, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor, Zhenzhen YAN, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, NTU
Shancheng CHEN
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
IPO underpricing ratio; underwriters’ reputation
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hao LIANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Sterling HUANG, SOA, SMU
Associate Professor, Songtao WANG, ACEM (Finance), Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shaoying LUO
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor David GOMULYA, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Jianwen LIAO, CKGSB
Professor Hoe Chin GOI, NUCB Business School, Graduate School of Management
Sheila Xi Rui WEE
SMU PhD in Psychology, 2023
Research Interests
Social Psychology, Cross-cultural Psychology, Multiracials, Kiasu (Fear of Losing Out), Self-construals
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Jacinth TAN, SOSS, SMU
Professor Angela LEUNG, SOSS, SMU
Professor Fiona LEE, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
Shunyi YAO
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Fangjian FU (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA, SCIS, SMU
Professor Yijiang WANG, CKGSB
Sicheng YU
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Committee MembersProfessor Jing JIANG (Supervisor/Chair), SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Wei GAO, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Qianru SUN, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Aixin SUN, Nanyang Technological University
Srikant VINAKOTA
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersProfessor Pascale CRAMA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Bhavani Shanker UPPARI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Yaozhong WU, Analytics & Operations, NUS Business School, NUS
Srishti BANERJEE
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023
Research Interests
Leadership, Culture, Diversity
Dissertation
Why and how leaders differentiate?
Committee MembersProfessor Gary GREGURAS (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Michael Ramsay BASHSHUR, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Christian Tröster, Leadership and Organizational Behavior, Kühne Logistics University
Tarmo RAUDSEPP
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Leadership, organizational cognition, talent management, mindfulness, decision making, motivation, high performing teams
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jochen REB (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Thomas MENKHOFF, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Hiro SAITO, Global Faculty Development, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
Theodore Charles MASTERS-WAAGE
SMU PhD in Business, 2023
Dissertation
Social Attention in Realistic Work Environments
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jochen REB (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Michael SCHAERER, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Michael BASHSHUR, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Malia MASON, Columbia University
Tian DENG Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
SMU PhD in Accounting, 2023
Research Interests
Digitalization, SEC Enforcement, Financial Analyst, Executive Compensation
Dissertation
Regulating by new technology: The impacts of the SEC data analytics on the SEC investigations
Committee MembersProfessor Qiang CHENG (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Professor Liandong ZHANG, SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Sterling HUANG, SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Fangjian FU, LKCSB, SMU
Trung Hoang LE
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hady Wirawan LAUW (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Professor ZHENG Baihua, SCIS, SMU
Professor David LO, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Lina YAO, Computer Science, University of New South Wales
Vincent Boon Seng LIM CFO of Asia Pacific for Datalogic S.p.A.
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023
Research Interests
Strategic Management
Committee MembersAssociate Professor David GOMULYA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Wee Liang TAN, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Samuel TAN, SOA, SMU
Waldy JOE
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Dissertation
Reinforcement Learning Approach to Coordinate Real-World Multi-Agent Dynamic Routing and Scheduling
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hoong Chuin LAU (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Anh Tien MAI, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Arunesh SINHA, Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University
Wenqing TAN
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Fangjian FU (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Heng YUE, SOA, SMU
Professor Jie GAN, Finance, CKGSB
Xian HE
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Psychological Distance, Advertising Information, New Media, Advertising Effects
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Dan MA (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Fangjian FU, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Fengyan CAI, Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xiaohui WANG
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersProfessor Gerard GEORGE (Chair/Supervisor), SMU-affiliated
Professor Qiang CHENG, SOA, SMU
Professor Jing LIU, Finance, CKGSB